Kevan Yaets swims after his cat Momo to safety as the flood waters sweep him downstream after submerging his truck in High River, Alberta.
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The sun gets a warm welcome from Bolivians soaking up the first rays of the Aymara New Year in at the Uyuni salt flat. The winter solstice brings with it the 5521st year of the Aymara calendar.
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Military police unceremoniously detain a protester in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, amid the continued, weeks-long protests there.
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Racing enthusiasts have a drink overlooking the fourth day of the Royal Ascot festival in Berkshire, UK.
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Christopher Long of the US eats grit as he misses a dig during his FIVB U-21 World Championships in Umag, Croatia.
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A steamroller gets to work crushing about five tons of reclaimed smuggled ivory laid out in Quezon City, Philippines.
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While they’ve begun to subside, floodwaters are still a worry in Germany — here they’re soaking some Deutsche Post vehicles in Schoenhausen. Clean-up operations there have begun, and the government has agreed on an 8 billion-euro aid plan.
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A driver soars over the famed ‘Mickey’s Jump’ during the Italian stage of the FIA World Rally Championship in Olbia, Italy.
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Yoga enthusiats greet the summer solstice with a mass gathering in New York’s Times Square.
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This little guy is awaiting treatment at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, after being hurt in an attack on a Shiite Muslim mosque. Militants opened fire on the mosque before a suicide bomb was set off inside. More than 12 people were killed.
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Contractors working on a luxury high rise don’t have the best view today, with haze from fires in neighboring Indonesia nearly blocking out the view of the near by Port of Singapore.
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These guys don’t seem to know which way is up as they perform in the UniverSoul Circus at National Harbor, Maryland.
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